George Eliot’s final novel, 'Daniel Deronda', is notable for its sympathetic portrayal of which movement/identity, rare in 19th-century English fiction?
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Correct answer: Proto-Zionism and Jewish identity
The novel contains two intertwined plots: the story of Gwendolen Harleth and Daniel Deronda's discovery of his Jewish heritage. Eliot's sympathetic portrayal of Jewish culture and the desire for a homeland was pioneering for 19th-century English fiction.
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